diff --git a/configs/template.js.example b/configs/template.js.example
index 64c19ab8..e5fd370d 100644
--- a/configs/template.js.example
+++ b/configs/template.js.example
@@ -376,4 +376,13 @@ module.exports = {
 		}
 	},
 
+	following: [],
+	blacklist: [],
+	logo: [],
+	proxy: {
+		enabled: false,
+		address: ''
+	}
+
+
 };
diff --git a/configs/webring.json.example b/configs/webring.json.example
deleted file mode 100644
index b565da55..00000000
--- a/configs/webring.json.example
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"following": [
-		"https://example.com/webring.json"
-	],
-	"blacklist": [
-		"badwebsite.com"
-	],
-	"logo": [
-		"https://yourdomain.com/favicon.ico"
-	],
-	"proxy": {
-		"enabled": false,
-		"address": "socks5h://localhost:9050"
-	}
-}
diff --git a/controllers/forms/globalsettings.js b/controllers/forms/globalsettings.js
index 39dbd102..4aade10a 100644
--- a/controllers/forms/globalsettings.js
+++ b/controllers/forms/globalsettings.js
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@ module.exports = async (req, res, next) => {
 		{ result: minmaxBody(req.body.board_defaults_min_reply_message_length, req.body.board_defaults_max_reply_message_length), expected: true, error: 'Board defaults reply message length min must be less than max' },
 		{ result: numberBody(req.body.board_defaults_filter_mode, 0, 2), expected: false, error: 'Board defaults filter most must be a number from 0-2' },
 		{ result: numberBody(req.body.board_defaults_filter_ban_duration), expected: false, error: 'Board defaults filter ban duration must be a number' },
+		{ result: lengthBody(req.body.webring_following, 0, 10000), expected: false, error: 'Webring following list must not exceed 10000 characters' },
+		{ result: lengthBody(req.body.webring_blacklist, 0, 10000), expected: false, error: 'Webring blacklist must not exceed 10000 characters' },
+		{ result: lengthBody(req.body.webring_logos, 0, 10000), expected: false, error: 'Webring logos list must not exceed 10000 characters' },
 	];
 
 	const errors = await checkSchema(schema);
diff --git a/migrations/0.0.22.js b/migrations/0.0.22.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..491654dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/0.0.22.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const fs = require('fs-extra');
+
+module.exports = async(db, redis) => {
+	console.log('remove need for configs/webring');
+	const webring = require(__dirname+'/../configs/template.js.example');
+	const settings = await redis.get('globalsetings');
+	const newSettings = { ...settings, ...webring };
+	redis.set('globalsettings', newSettings);
+};
diff --git a/models/forms/changeglobalsettings.js b/models/forms/changeglobalsettings.js
index 755f315a..5f72e0b2 100644
--- a/models/forms/changeglobalsettings.js
+++ b/models/forms/changeglobalsettings.js
@@ -89,6 +89,13 @@ module.exports = async (req, res, next) => {
 		pruneModlogs: numberSetting(req.body.prune_modlogs, oldSettings.pruneModlogs),
 		pruneIps: numberSetting(req.body.prune_ips, oldSettings.pruneIps),
 		enableWebring: booleanSetting(req.body.enable_webring, oldSettings.enableWebring),
+		following: arraySetting(req.body.webring_following, oldSettings.following),
+		blacklist: arraySetting(req.body.webring_blacklist, oldSettings.blacklist),
+		logo: arraySetting(req.body.webring_logos, oldSettings.logo),
+		proxy: {
+			enabled: booleanSetting(req.body.webring_proxy_enabled, oldSettings.proxy.enabled),
+			address: trimSetting(req.body.webring_proxy_address, oldSettings.proxy.address),
+		},
 		enableUserBoardCreation: booleanSetting(req.body.enable_user_board_creation, oldSettings.enableUserBoardCreation),
 		enableUserAccountCreation: booleanSetting(req.body.enable_user_account_creation, oldSettings.enableUserAccountCreation),
 		thumbExtension: trimSetting(req.body.thumb_extension, oldSettings.thumbExtension),
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2f815d12..ff04d5e7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "jschan",
   "version": "0.0.1",
-  "migrateVersion": "0.0.21",
+  "migrateVersion": "0.0.22",
   "description": "",
   "main": "server.js",
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/schedules/index.js b/schedules/index.js
index 4a763985..ae0d70d9 100644
--- a/schedules/index.js
+++ b/schedules/index.js
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ process
 	.on('unhandledRejection', console.error);
 
 const Mongo = require(__dirname+'/../db/db.js')
-	, config = require(__dirname+'/../config.js');
+	, config = require(__dirname+'/../config.js')
+	, { addCallback } = require(__dirname+'/../redis.js');
 
 (async () => {
 
@@ -14,7 +15,14 @@ const Mongo = require(__dirname+'/../db/db.js')
 	await config.load();
 
 	//start all the scheduled tasks
-	require(__dirname+'/tasks/index.js');
+	const schedules = require(__dirname+'/tasks/index.js');
+
+	//update the schedules to start/stop timer after config change
+	addCallback('config', () => {
+		Object.values(schedules).forEach(sc => {
+			sc.update();
+		});
+	})
 
 	//update board stats and homepage task, use cron and bull for proper timing
 	require(__dirname+'/../queue.js').push({
diff --git a/schedules/tasks/webring.js b/schedules/tasks/webring.js
index c96ff70f..a111fe67 100644
--- a/schedules/tasks/webring.js
+++ b/schedules/tasks/webring.js
@@ -7,21 +7,20 @@ const fetch = require('node-fetch')
 	, Mongo = require(__dirname+'/../../db/db.js')
 	, { Boards, Webring } = require(__dirname+'/../../db/')
 	, { outputFile } = require('fs-extra')
+	, SocksProxyAgent = require('socks-proxy-agent')
 	, uploadDirectory = require(__dirname+'/../../helpers/files/uploadDirectory.js')
 	, timeDiffString = require(__dirname+'/../../helpers/timediffstring.js')
-	, SocksProxyAgent = proxy.enabled && require('socks-proxy-agent')
-	, agent = SocksProxyAgent ? new SocksProxyAgent(require('url').parse(proxy.address)) : null
 	, timeUtils = require(__dirname+'/../../helpers/timeutils.js');
 
 module.exports = {
 
 	func: async () => {
 
-return
-		const { meta } = config.get;
+		const { meta, logo, following, blacklist, proxy } = config.get;
 		const label = `updating webring`;
 		const start = process.hrtime();
 
+		const agent = proxy.enabled ? new SocksProxyAgent(require('url').parse(proxy.address)) : null;
 		const visited = new Map();
 		let known = new Set(following);
 		let webringBoards = []; //list of webring boards
diff --git a/views/pages/globalmanagesettings.pug b/views/pages/globalmanagesettings.pug
index 6daa2f2f..06482294 100644
--- a/views/pages/globalmanagesettings.pug
+++ b/views/pages/globalmanagesettings.pug
@@ -528,7 +528,21 @@ block content
 						label.postform-style.ph-5
 							input(type='checkbox', name='enable_webring' value='true' checked=settings.enableWebring)
 					.row
-						p other webring options coming soon
+						.label Use Socks Proxy
+						label.postform-style.ph-5
+							input(type='checkbox', name='webring_proxy_enabled', value='true' checked=settings.proxy.enabled)
+					.row
+						.label Proxy Address
+						input(type='text', name='webring_proxy_address', value=settings.proxy.address)
+					.row
+						.label Following
+						textarea(name='webring_following' placeholder='Newline separated') #{settings.following.join('\n')}
+					.row
+						.label Logo URLs
+						textarea(name='webring_logos' placeholder='Newline separated') #{settings.logo.join('\n')}
+					.row
+						.label Blacklist
+						textarea(name='webring_blacklist' placeholder='Newline separated') #{settings.blacklist.join('\n')}
 
 
 				.col.mr-5